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The 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Regimental Trust

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 257895DorsetOther charitable purposes
Income£37k2025-04-30
Spending£57ksame year
Spent / received223%5-year average
Size in its cause70th pctOther charitable purposes
Registered1969Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Regimental Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Regimental Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £57k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £10k to £37k (+265%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 499%. Over the whole period it spent 223% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Regimental Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Welbeloved Club (£37k), Totton and District Three Score Club (£37k) and Roydon Village Hall (£36k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£14k£29k£43k£57k2021 Income: £10,0832021 Spending: £12,30320212022 Income: £18,0282022 Spending: £42,16920222023 Income: £13,2082023 Spending: £52,80320232024 Income: £6,1422024 Spending: £22,96520242025 Income: £36,8032025 Spending: £57,3632025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity promotes the efficiency of the armed forces of the crown by supporting the welfare of former and serving personnel and by commerating the traditions & history of the regiment.

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The Welbeloved ClubHertfordshire£37k
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Roydon Village HallDiss£36k
Oakley Village HallBedford£37k